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January 25, 2017
Health Advocate: The Year Ahead: Medicaid Works!
Mara Youdelman Health Advocate
With the Trump administration and lawmakers in the new Congress suggesting they will pursue changing Medicaid through block grants or capping or cutting its federal funding, NHeLP D.C. Managing Attorney Mara Youdelman details the ways Medicaid is helping tens of millions of Americans each year. "Medicaid is more important than…
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January 12, 2017
Issue Brief: Mental Health Services in Medi-Cal
Kimberly Lewis and Abigail Coursolle Issue Brief
Following enactment of the Affordable Care Act, California's Medi-Cal, which operates Medicaid in the state, expanded the scope of mental health services and benefits to fall in in with private market place plans. In a new Issue Brief, Managing Attorney of the NHeLP Los Angeles Office Kim Lewis and…
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January 11, 2017
The Importance of National Coverage Standards in Medicaid
Jane Perkins and Catherine McKee Issue Brief
Currently federal Medicaid law ensures that beneficiaries can access health services that reflect standards of care, write Legal Director Jane Perkins and Staff Attorney Catherine McKee in this fact sheet. States must provide "core services when medically necessary," but proposals to cut or cap Medicaid funding "threaten federal coverage…
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January 6, 2017
Is Repeal of ACA a Done Deal? Hardly.
dfitzgerald Comments
In a piece for The National Law Journal, NHeLP Board member and former Solicitor General Donald Verrilli, Jr., and NHeLP Executive Director Elizabeth G. Taylor, explore the tough questions that are not asked of the lawmakers who are leading the charge to repeal the Affordable Care Act. Americans deserve…
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December 30, 2016
Lessons from California: Fighting For Medicaid In 2017
dfitzgerald Issue Brief
California's Medicaid program, Medi-Cal, has significantly bettered the health care of tens of millions of Californians, and any cuts to the program would be devastating, writes NHeLP Staff Attorney Cori Racela in this month's "Lessons from California." The harm to Medi-Cal and statewide health care coverage could occur, Racela notes,…
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December 26, 2016
Protect Medicaid Funding: Substance and Opioid Use Disorders
Corey Davis and Hector Hernandez-Delgado Issue Brief
The tenth issue in NHeLP's Protect Medicaid Funding series examines the vital role Medicaid plays in "preventing and treating substance use disorders (SUD)," among the nation's most vulnerable people. The fact sheet also explores how austerity measures embraced by conservative lawmakers and advocates would harm the health of low-income…
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Health Advocate: The Year Ahead: Medicaid Works!

Issue Brief: Mental Health Services in Medi-Cal

The Importance of National Coverage Standards in Medicaid

Is Repeal of ACA a Done Deal? Hardly.

Lessons from California: Fighting For Medicaid In 2017

Protect Medicaid Funding: Substance and Opioid Use Disorders